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THE TWIG
October 5, 1951
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THIS IS OUR WORLD
Do you appreciate being at Meredith?
Perhaps many of us do not recognize
our presence here as the opportunity
which it actually is. If we really ap
preciate college, we will not want
to miss any of the opportunities offered
by this, our college world.
All about us we hear about the im
portance of studying. Of course we
should take our studies seriously. A
college education is much too costly
and important to throw foolishly away.
But can we, with the study of our books
alone, get the most out of our time spent
here at Meredith?
The answer is no. To get the maxi
mum value of our time here we must
reach out beyond our books and the
college—reach out into the community
itself. Here so many rich experiences
stand waiting; experiences which
should and can so easily be a part of
our education; experiences which will
help to make us more well-rounded indi
viduals. For instance, have you ever
attended the Institute of Religion where
many of the important problems of to
day are discussed by well-known speak
ers? f
I think many students here at Mere
dith are so busy with campus fun and
studies that they are quite oblivious
of the many excellent opportunities
which Raleigh has to offer—experi
ences which can be truly as educational
as any book one might study.
Where else could one learn history
more accurately and vividly than from
The Hall of History right here in Ra
leigh and with such little time and
trouble? And yet, have you ever visited
the Hall of History? Or have you ever
taken the time, outside of the hurried
biology trip, to really see the hun
dreds of wonderful things in the State
Museum?
Many of us have been here in Ra
leigh now for several years. Perhaps
it seems that by this time we would
have nearly exhausted the supply of
new things to be seen and done. Yet,
have you ever been to the State Art
Gallery? Or perhaps I should say, do
you even know where the art gallery
is?
Even less understandable is the fact
that many students do not even visit
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the fine art exhibits shown right here
on campus in the arts building. We
walk by many times a day going to
and from classes but still never stop
to see the fine work there. But you
don’t like all that “abstract stuff,” you
say. Go down, study it, try to under
stand what the artist is trying to ex
press and you might change your mind.
So why not take advantage of all such
opportunities to create and develop new
interests. I’m sure each of us needs
to broaden our college world. Do you
attend the Civic Music Concerts? Many
students have attended Meredith for
several years now but have never at
tended one of the Little Theatre produc
tions. Another wonderful opportunity
close by is the Raleigh Little Theatre.
Have you ever visited the State Capitol
Building? I’m sure we could all learn
a great deal there.
New Year is not the only time to
make new resolutions. I can think of
no better time than the beginning of a
college year whether it is our first year
or our last. So why not resolve now
not only to appreciate within ourselves
the opportunity to attend college but
to take advantage of the many oppor
tunities to broaden our interests and
to become a well-rounded person.
Truly, this is our world.
Dott Miller.
Don’t Take That; That’s My Go-
Home-Dime
Editor Jeanne Ramsey
Associate Editors Beth Morgan, Doris
Perry, Bobbie Addy.
Managing Editor Joan Langley
Photo Editor Elsie Williams
Art Editor Sally Clark
Music Editor Shelley Millican
Sports Editor ...Ruth Ann Simmons
Columnist Betsy Cannady, Phyllis
Nottingham.
Reporters Allen Hart, Celia Wells,
Lorette Oglesby, Katherine Waynick,
Nancy Brown, Ann Ipock, Dott Miller,
Linda Swann, Alyce Epley, Susan Rat-
lifT, Dot Helms.
Chief Typist Kathleen Chriscoe
Typists Katherine Sites, Martha Martin,
Mary Jane West.
Faculty Sponsor Dr. Norma Rose
BUSINESS STAFF
Business Manager Carlene Kinlaw
Advertising Manager Dot Thomas
Advertising Stall Lucyann Liddy,
Kathleen McGowan, Bonny Morgan.
Circulation Manager Sarah Pate
Entered as aecond-class matter October 11, 1923,
at poatofflce at Raleigh, N, C.. under Act of March
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A. f879. Published semi-monthly during the months
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of October, November, February. March, April, and
May; monthly during the months of September, De
cember. and January.
Thk Twig is the college newspaper of Mere
dith College. Raleigh. North Carolina, and as such
Is one of the three major publicaUons of the insti
tution—the other two being The Acorn, the literary
magazine, and The Oak Leaves, the college annual.
Meredith College Is an accredited senior liberal
arts college for women located in the capital city
of North Carolina. It confers the Bachelor of Arts
and the Bachelor of Music degrees. The college
offers majors in twenty-one fields Including music,
art, business and home economics.
Since 1921 the institution has been a member
of the Southern AssociaUon of Colleges and Secon
dary Schools. The college holds membership In
the Association of American Colleges and the
North Carolina College Conference. Graduates of
Meredith College are eligible lor membership In
the American Association of University Women.
The InsUtutlon Is a liberal arts member of the
National Association of Schools of Music.
Views From
Other News
A NOTICE FROM “THE
APPALACHIAN”
The Men’s “A” Club requests that
no high school monogram be worn on
campus.
From Wake Forest we have news that
The Student magazine will make its
first appearance during the second week
of October, according to a statement
from Carl Meigs, editor. The first issue
of The Student will be dedicated to
the ground-breaking to be held at the
site of the new campus in Winston-
Salem in October.
FRAT STOPS HAZING
Paddling, raw egg consumption, and
wild midnight rides have come to a
halt as far as future initiations into
the Chi Psi fraternity are concerned.
One hundred and twenty-five dele
gates from the 27 chapters of Chi Psi
voted to do away with any type of
hazing at their annual national con
vention held at Carolina recently.
The Daily Tar Heel.
Jf^etter^ to the Cditor
Dear Editor:
New day students, you who have
come to college to obtain an education,
be not dismayed by what may seem to
be pastimes of the elder D. S. girls;
bridge, procrastination, coated with
hyper-nonchalance (that do be a word!)
and hurried studying in extreme emer
gency. Actually, this is not true. Why,
some of us have spent hours in the
library! (at least, there was a story
about someone’s spending an hour in
the library once. It seems that she lost
her way in the stacks, and later they
found her shelved under, “Sociological
Case Histories.”) And then there’s home
work; doing at home what should have
been done at school is a foxy way of
getting out of doing the dishes or wash
ing the woodwork.
It would seem that new D. S. girls
as well as the old have gotten into the
swing of social events. Pika parties
were attended by Martha Snow, Jan
McConnell, Dot Powell, Becky Up
church, Evelyn Spencer, June Bullard,
and Pat Eberhart among others.
Now for the ten-dollars-worth-of-
good-advice column, which is for this
time dedicated to new day students.
First, day students are a solid group,
what might be called a homogeneous
crowd, we all have colds at the same
time so don’t leave your boxes of
kleenex or pine cone cough syrup lying
around. They will shortly disappear.
Second, don’t scatter your books
over the room. We day students, espe
cially those of us who have been around
longer than we care to admit, have a
predisposition to carrying books around.
On Sundays and holidays we feel like
lost souls when we have no five-foot
shelves to tote. Unconsciously we crook
our arms in a carrying position and
push doors open with our toes. Once
a girl carried six biology books home
and back to school, before she realized
that something was amiss.
Third, and most important, never
lend or give your go-home-dime to any
one else, not even your best friend.
(Go-home-dime, that dime one rides
home on when one has no other place
to go.) Day students have languished
and almost starved in D. S. rooms be
cause they gave their last dimes to
someone else or squandered them on
foolish living.
Well, guess I’d better go see if I can
borrow a dime. Garner’s a good piece
on foot.
See you again,
Dottie.
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It has occurred to us that most people
in this day find it of the utmost im
portance to be well versed in all of
the social graces. Such people would
consider it an absurdity to be rude and
discourteous in the presence of any
person of high social or intellectual
esteem, of a very close friend, or loved
one, or even of a casual acquaintance.
Yet in the presence of the Greatest of
all realms of life and the Majesty of
mankind these same well versed people
are indifferent to even the rules of polite
respect, and fail to show mere courtesy,
not to mention reverence.
Would any well mannered person
ever break an engagament to a social
event at a friends home without letting
the friend know of the reason? Of
course not, but how many of these same
well mannered people take so lightly
a meeting, program, party or get to
gether at their church, that even though
they have promised to attend, fail to
show up? Could it not be possible that
the planning of food, space, and a good
program are just as important in the
church as at the home of a friend?
Would anyone dare enter the home
of a friend, who has invited him to
supper, and then leave just as the food
was being placed on the table? Of
course not, but it is not unusual to see
many Meredith students and others
rudely depart from the House of God
just as the Lord’s Supper is being
served.
Would anyone while visiting with
friends continually interrupt with loud
whispering and motions the conversa
tions between their host and another
visitor? And yet it is not uncommon to
have people in the Lords House con
tinually interrupt the communion be
tween God and His invited guests in
such a manner.
Perhaps as the beginning of a new
school year dawns, we who pride our
selves in etiquette, good dress, fine
manners and education should take
another look at ourselves and straighten
out a few mixed up values, by placing
more importance on our respect, if not
reverence of the church we call God’s
House.
God’s House—! Is etiquette the basis
for good manners in such a place? Is
not all this talk about etiquette and
good manners only superficial? Isn’t
our aim higher than these things? Do
not we who have come to experience
the presence of God want to come into
His House in reverence out of ©ur love
for Him? Have we made this weekly
visit hardly more than a habitual for
mality? After all why do we attend
church if not to worship and have
meaningful experiences with God? It
has been too easy for us to consider
ourselves part of an audience being
entertained by the performance of the
minister and choir on the platform.
With such an attitude toward our
No doubt about it—the school year
has more than begun! The halls sound
forth with the familiar uke plunks; old
faces can be seen—and with them new
frat pins, rings, and gold bands! Our
campus also has newness to boast—new
faces (and to you new freshmen and
transfers a hearty welcome), pretty,
newly painted rooms, and a new Bee-
Hive. Golly! School is here, but it’s
not the same as ever. Personally—it
has changed for the better. Don’t ya’
gals think? I still have to pinch myself
to believe that this is Meredith and I’m
an upperclassman, at long last!
We “angels” surely have gotten a
hearty welcome from the opposite sex.
The State boys have already had a pep-
rally, and from the “gosh, wasn’t that
fun’s” I gather that the skating party
at Brooks was quite a success. And
our brothers over at Baptist Hollow
have been so cordial as to invite us
(for free, too!) over for the Richmond
game. Angels, let’s invade the Deac-
land with a win Wake Forest spirit!
However, as all of us know, school
is not a bed of roses—at least all of the
time. We all have our problems—
schoolwork, boyfriends—and the like.
I guess the biggest problem, next to
work, for the freshmen is that of chap
erones. So, in closing, I leave them
with this poem:
“Since schools to teach one this or that
are being started every day,
I have a plan, a notion pat.
Of one which I am sure would pay.
’Twould be a venture strictly new.
No shaking up of dusty bones;
How does this scheme appeal to you—
A regular school for chaperones!
“One course would be to dull the ear.
And one would be to dim the eye.
So whispered love they’d never hear.
And glance coquettish never spy;
They’d be taught somnolence, and how
Of times closed eye for sleep atones;
Had I a million, F endow
A regular school for chaperones!
“There’s crying need in west and east
For graduates, and not a source
Supplying it. Someone at least
Should start a correspondence course;
But joy would scarce o’er run the cup
Of maidenhood, my candor owns.
Till some skilled mentor opens up
A regular school for chaperones!”
Twig.
church service it is no wonder we lose
interest, and are irreverent. We have
forgotten that in a worship service the
main performance is God working
miracles in our hearts, and the preacher
and choir are only instruments in His
hands to guide us into fellowship with
Him.
Let us then, as we enter into His
House learn to seek His presence. Only
then is the true purpose of a worship
service fulfilled within us.
Very sincerely yours,
Betty Jo Welch and
Lucyann Liddy.
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